Re: Samba doesn't know host name
Fixed. Changed the name in /etc/hosts also.
At 04:14 PM 9/22/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>At 03:39 PM 9/22/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>>I installed Samba on my debian box the other day, but haven't figured out
>>how to use it very well yet. At the time the box was named "sheasbys".
>>Today I changed the hostname to "jonah". I did this by changing the name in
>>/etc/hostname and then by issuing the command "hostname -F/etc/hostname".
>>Now when I run "testparm smb.conf" from /etc, I get an error about not
>>being able to GetMyhostname jonah.
>>
>>I also needed to move the PC, so I shut it down; when I rebooted I also
>>noticed that there was an error on bootup about not being able to get the
>>name jonah; this error had something to do with printing. If you need the
>>exact text, let me know where I can find a log file that might have it and
>>I'll post it.
>>
>>Did I do something wrong in renaming the computer?
>>
>>TIA, Kent
>
>In case the info is pertinent, I'm running on ethernet, and our net is
>using DHCP and WINS. I'm wondering if WINS still thinks my NIC's hardware
>address still belongs to sheasbys, and therefore jonah is not being
>recognized by WINS, and my debian box looks to WINS instead of itself to
>find out that it's own name is jonah? Sound anywhere near reasonable?
>
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